Skype Keeps Saying No Emergency Calls

When you read the story out of the UK that has Skype saying "No 999" you'll at first want to be outraged. But then Skype has insisted from day one that they are not a phone service.

This is consistent with what they have said here in the USA. But, the if you apply the "Duck Test" you'll have to wonder how they ask to interconnect to the mobile networks in the USA and not want to interoperate with the 999/911 networks.

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[JimCanuck]

At the moment, I can access 911 on my mobile phones independent of any Skype access, such as via iSkoot. And 3's Skypephone-based service also provides 999 access independent of its Skype features. Since all mobile phones will need a carrier, let the carrier worry about all the cross-party issues associated with emergency calls.